Ordinance No. 10,759ORDINANCE NO. 10,759
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS,
AUTHORIZING THE LAW FIRM OF FRITZ, BYRNE, HEAD & HARRISON, LLP,
TO FILE A LAWSUIT CONCERNING THE PROPOSED BARGE TERMINAL
DEVELOPMENT ALONG CEDAR BAYOU; AUTHORIZING PAYMENT TO FRITZ,
BYRNE, HEAD & HARRISON, LLP, IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($100,000.00) FOR SUCH
SERVICES; MAKING OTHER PROVISIONS RELATED THERETO AND
PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAYTOWN, TEXAS:
Section 1: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, hereby authorizes the law
firm of Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison, LLP, to institute legal proceedings to oppose the proposed barge
terminal development along Cedar Bayou.
Section 2: That the City Council of the City of Baytown, Texas, authorizes payment to
Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison, LLP, in an additional amount not to exceed ONE HUNDRED
THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS ($100,000.00) for such services authorized in Section I hereof.
Section 3: That the City Manager is hereby granted general authority to approve any change
involving a decrease or an increase in costs of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND AND NO/100 DOLLARS
($25,000.00) or less; however, the original contract price may not be increased by more than twenty-five
percent (25%) or decreased by more than twenty-five percent (25%) without the consent of the law firm
to such decrease.
Section 4: This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage by the
City Council of the City of Baytown.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative
Baytown, this the 19th day of November, 2007.
of the City Council of the City of
APPROVED ASTt) FORM V
ACIO RAMIREZ, SR/Gity Attorney
STEPHEN H. DONCARLOS, l^ayor
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